The over-arching objective of the project is to support an initial small group of the IDRC's programme initiative on Globalization, Growth and Povery (GGP) research partners and to inform the design of an extended programme that will assist GGP partners more generally - researcher, research institutions and network engaged in research on the links between growth, globalisation and poverty - to achieve more effective communications and engagement with potential "research users", and more broadly to enhance the contribution of their research to policy and practice.